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Pro bike: Alberto Contador's Astana Trek Madone, May 29, 2008

Alberto Contador's Trek Madone
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The bike uses a SRAM Red chainset
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Contador's footsies go here
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A titanium cage drops a lot of weight here
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The rear derailleur is fitted with ceramic bearings
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The Red levers use SRAM's unique DoubleTap method
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The flat top of the hood provides a comfortable perch
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Cane Creek provides the team with a custom version
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The oversized head tube
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The Bontrager label can be found throughout the bike
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SRAM Red brake callipers offer plenty of stopping power.
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Of course, carbon wheels require special brake pads
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Bontrager supplies the Race Lite bottle cages, too.
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The Race XXX Lite wheels feature carbon hubs
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The no-cut integrated seat mast
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The integrated seat mast has a simple clamp
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Like Lance Armstrong, Contador prefers a San Marco Concor Light saddle.
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The SRAM Red cassette benefits from some fancy engineering.
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The PowerDome cassette is constructed using CNC milling.
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Contador's tubulars bear a well-faded Hutchinson hot stamp.
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White spokes set off the custom frame paint nicely.
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Low-profile carbon rims spin up quickly.
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Like Contador did before the Giro, the bike also got some sun at the beach.
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